The Sun. — London, England, 1810-12-24 00:00:00

DIPERL4L PARI,L4MENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. SATURDAY, DEC. 22. 1 The House met about half past two o'clock: Lord Cctvg and several other Members of the House of Commons brought up a tuesstge, desiring ' a conference. A Committee of Conference, con sisting of Earl C:unden, the Earl of Liverpool, Lurd Viscount Wentworth, the Bishop of - Hereford, Lord Mulgrave, Lord Wellesley (Marquis Wellesley) and another Lord, was appointed ! and a message having been sent to the House of Commons, ap pointing the conference forthwith in the Painted Chamber, the Lot ds appointed to (miler with the Commons went forth. On their return Earl Camden reported the coin . munication 4.1 the Resolutions voted by the House of Commons (vide our Paper of Friday) which, on f h ,- m lion or the• Earl ut Liverpool, were ordered to be taken into cons duration on Thursday next, the 1 - I,,„Ne then to resolve itself into a Committee on the-State of the Nation, and the Lords to be sum moned. • The Earl of LtvEh poor. presented the ; Report of the Committee appointed to search for precedents, re4eciing proxies, which was ordered to lie on the • table.—Adjourned till Wednesday. • HOUSE OF COMMONS. SATWtDAY, DEC. 22. • The Speaker took the chair about two o'clock. Air. Secretary RYDER .rno} ~ that a Committee • be appointed to confer with thnords on certain Re solutions entered into by that House, and proposed that Lord Clive, Sir John Nicholl, Sir Evan Nepean, Mr. Wallis, and Mr. Ashley Cooper, be a Co4llraittee fur that purpose.—Ordered. On their return Iron) the Lords, Lord CLIVE ac . qu.tinted the house, that tlity had had a conference with a Committee of the Lords, and in compliance with their instrua ions had laid before their Lord ships certain Resolutions, in which they desired • their concurrence. The House then adjourned until Friday next. MAI LS. ARR /D-2 Dublin, r Waterford. IN.E-1 Malta, Dublin, i Waturiord. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TyvtLV6 O ' CLOCK. 67E I Red. Ann. - 4 - 65 Consols :": T El E S U N. lOLIM QUIZ DlCiit L FALSVNI AUDEAT? L 0 ND 0 N, MONDAY, DECKMBBR 24, 1810. Windsor Castle, Dec. 23, t 3 to. " His NIAJESTY is not quite so this morn ing, although Ile had st..eral hours sleep yesterday MurnlDg. " H. R. REYNOLDS " W. FIEDERDEN. " M. BAILLIE. " R. WILLIS." " Witidsor Castle, Dec. 24, 18ro, " His MAJESTY has had a . sleepless night, and is not so well to-day." Signed as above. It is with extreme regret that we state, that the Aymplze frigate commanded by Captain CLAY, and the. Pallas, by Captain MONK, have both been lost on the coast of Scotland, ucar Dunbar :—The crews are mostly saved. Some very recent accounts from France contain a curious pra&ical illustration of the interpretation which has been put in France upon BUONAPARTE'S Decree for repealing those issued at Berlin and Mi lan. It is stated, that an American ship which a llied from the United States of France, in confi dence of the repeal of the Decrees of Berlin and Milan, has been seized and confiscated, and the crew made prisoners, on entering a French port. The seizure was made under the old pretext of the vessel having' submitted to be overhauled by a British cruizer. It will be recollected that some of our sapient politicians at home have censured Mi nisters because they did not rescind the Orders in Council the instant they heard of BUONAFARTE'S repeal of his famous Decrees ! Paris Papers to the I.sth inst. reached town yes terday. We have made some extraas from them. They bring no news. Yesterday morning her iNIAJEsry and the PIIIN•• CRISES heard Divine Service in Windsor Castle. Th_r; afterwards went to Frogmore. _ . On Saturday a Deputation - of Merchants trading to the- United States, waited upon the Marquis WELLESLEY, for the purpose of ascertaining whe ther his Lordship had any answer to communi cate to the application that had lately been made to him on the subjed of the Berlin and Mi!an Decrees, and the Orders in Council, and also on what had recently occurred in the United States. It is said float his Lordlihip replied, that he was not at pre vut enabled to return any answer to the application alluded to. Algerine Ambassador arrived on Saturday, with his suite, at Sackville-street, Piccadilly, No. 6, a house that had been previously provided for him. He came by the way of Malta, and, we believe, touched at Gihriltar. Three waggons were ern phyed to convey luggage, &c. which Ms servants aJaist;:d in unloading. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Dsc. 22.--”Ycsterday . arrived the Friendship cartel, belonging to this Port, from Mor 'alai., she overshot this Port yesterday and was nearly ashore in'Whitsand Bay, during a fog. This morning Mr. MACKENZIE arrived here from London, for the purpose of communicating to LU CIEN BUONAPARTE on what terms lie is to enjoy the proteuion of the British Government. Arrived the 2 : homes, belonging to this port, W. FARRANT, Master, from Newcastle, with a cargo of coals, bound to Lisbon, put in here for orders ; the Pilgrim, JULIAN, from London ; the sloop George, J. Rtcumtbs, Master, from Cork,,with a cargo of provisions for this Fort and Weymouth, last from Falwout h. Sailed the American vessel Mary, DAVIS, for Cork. Arrived this day the schooner William, of Bide ford, RICHARD STLVENS, master, from Guernsey; with a cargo consisting of geneva and wine, for this port; ye!iterday morning during a gale, the boom j ibing, carried the orate overboard, who was un fortunately drowned. -.` - -Arrived last evening the brig, Enterprize, of Lon don, STEWING, master,- from Berbice, last from St. Thoinas's - ,left the former place, on the 23d 06tober, and carne a running ship, with a cargo consisting of coffee, cotton, &c. bound to London driven in here by stormy weather, and in distress, haVing encoun tered several heavy gales of wind, bet weer the sth and 14th instant, in which she carried away her main -mast, fore-top 7 mast, and chain-plates, arid became in a very leaky state, when it was deemed expedient to heave part of her cargo over board, and soon after she was fallen in with by a man of war brig, by which she was towed in here. Arrived his Majesty's brig Helicon, of 14 guns, from a crnize; the brig Julia, of Jersey, J. LE FEVRE, Master, from Guernsey, with a cargo of linens, bound to Cadiz, and Gibraltar ; the brig Abraham, of Chichester, E. COBDEN, Master, from Guernsey, with a cargo, bound to Gibraltar; and the brig George, of Chepstow, noon GEORGE, Master, from London, with a cargo of deals, b ound to Bristol, the three latter vessels were driven in here by contrary winds, and bad wea ther, the wind now blowing .a gale from the W. S. W.; also arrived the ship Harpooner, of `Whitby, WILLIAM DAVIE, master, from Quebec, with a cargo of masts, spars, &c. lOr his Majesty's Dock-yard at Deptford, put in here by stormy wea ther, and in going. into Cat a ater, she ran foul of the Danish Vessel Henrick and Susan, by which acci dent the formEr carried away her rnizn -topmast, and ran the fluke of her anchor into het bow, where It broke; the latter vessel has nut received much datuae, as she broke adrift almost immediately, but was atierwards moored safe, and has not sustained any material damage. Arrived the Spanish ships Nostra Senora del Car men, FRANCISCO SALCEDO master, from London, with a cargo of wheat, bound to Lisbon; was cap tured on the 19th inst. by the French schooner pri vateer Le Dart, of 14 guns, and a complement of 100 men, and re-captured on the same day by his Majesty's brig Foxhound, of Is guns, Capt. PA RISH ; the latter, it was supposed, was gone in chase of the privateer. During the gale last night the Spanish ship drove ashore on the beach in Cat water, where she received damage, but was after wards got oft. The cargo is in a very damaged state, the vessel being leaky previous to her arrival here, and has now three feet of water in her hold. The following packets will sail from hence the moment the wind is fair, viz.—The if indsor Castle, SUTTON, with Mails for Demerara ; Prince of Wales, TODD, with Mails for Lisbon ; and Townsend, Cocx, with Mails for the Leeward Islands. A fleet of transports for Cork, and several out ward-bound merchantmen, are detained here by con trary winds and stormy weather. Arrived his Majesty's ships Northumberland, of 74 guns, from off Brest ; Armada, of 74 guns, from off Cherbourg; and Cheerly, of 14 guns, from the Westward. It was the Helicon that towed in the brig Enter prize, from Bvrbice. Arrived the American brig Dart, TAYLOR master, from New York, laden with cotton and logwood, bound to St. Sebastians, detained and sent in here by his Majesty's ship Amazon. His Majesty's ships Pornpde and Ganges are to receive on board French prisoners, which they are to convoy to Leith, in Scotland. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.--Arrived the Berwick, GRIFFITHS, from London, for Madeira, in distress; the Harmony, BOYS ; and Hawk, BLUES, from Quebec; and the Samuel, WATSON, from New, castle. Yesterday his Majesty's ship Helder was appoint; ed to t ke convoy to the Downs; and kis Majesty' s ship Sandwich was 'also appointed to take convoy to Guernsey. Came into harbour this evening the transport brig Success, with the loss of an anchor and cable. DCAL, DEC. 23.—Arrive4! his Majesty's ships Thekan and Royalis't, thy former with a French prize. The Zephyr takes convoy to the West ward. FALMOUTH, DEC. `. .-Arrived the Curacoa from a cruize ; Rosa tender, from Plymouth. Sailed the George packet for, Plymouth. ISLAND or SCILLY, DLc. iB.--Remais wind bound in the harbour the Nautilus cutter, of Lon don, W. Pun 's, Master, bound to Jamaica, in bal last. • Came in the Portuguese schooner Des Estrama &lra, from Oporto, laden with oranges and lerno.. - 2s, bound to Waterford. The Captain, Mr. V. Roza, says, that the English and Portuguese soldiers are in high spirits, that they are much superior in num bers to the French, and that Lora WELLI NGTON is considered by all the Portuguese as the Savlour of their country. LIVEMPOOL, DEC. 22.—The Brunsg , ick, for Lis bon, is on, shore above the Queen's Dock, but is e:ipeded to be got otf. The Abn, MousoN, from Eddington, in Anierica, struck on Burbo yestercky about three o'clock, and went to pieces ; great part of the wieck and cargo chifted on shore into Booth Bay.. The Captain and 7 men were drowned ; in deed only on man wa, saved, who sixes that a schooner sunk just before the thin went to pikes. Not less than a dozen other ships are on shore ; amongst them are the George, DESHON, the 'Era. reller, FISH Ell, &C. It has been conje6tured that BUONAPAItTE'S rea son for refusing to accede to an exchange of pii soners, w3s a wish to have as great a number of Frenchmen in this country as possible,• with the view of their co-operating in a projeEted invasion from Antwerp. It seems there are about 50,000 .Frenchmen now in England, besides about 40,000 men from his tributary nations. It is asserted, that many of those who desert to us in Portugal, are scientific officers in disguise, who do it with the view of aiding in his schemes upon England. But it is not pretended that all these, though joined by ten times the three that the Antwerp fleet could bring, would conquer England; yet, aided by the plans of the disaffected of our own country, they might create .alarm and disorder enough, we are told, to cause Government to withdraw Lord WELLINGTON'S army from Portugal, and leave that country to the enemy. There can be no doubt that in the event of such a scheme being attempt ed, there are men enough in this country, who would be as ready as now to embarrass the strength of Government, by exciting dissensions on some • pretence or other. But it is more probable that the destination of the Scheldt fleet is America. That fleet is said to amount to 16 sail of the line', manned with Danes, Dutchmen, &c. and an army of 20. or 30,000 men is colleted at Antwerp, it seems, ready to embark in it. A private letter from the United States, of the toth November, says— " You • may depend upon it, that BUONAPARTE'S agents have, since last spring, made large purchases in the principal ports of the United States, of every thing requisite to form magazines for an army of 25,000 men. Part of these purchases have already been landed on the Mexican territory, and the re mainder are ready to be embarked at a moment's notice. Some of thee agents are Spanish traitors. Indeed, his partisans in Mexico have his promise of being. supported by 20,000 of his soldiers." It is believed by many in America, that the good understanding effeeted between BUONAPARTE and MADDISON had this for its objed ; and we shall not be surprised to hear that the Scheldt fleet has taken - advantage of the dark stormy weather, to make a push north about for America. THEATRE. --This Theatre opened for the season on Saturday last, with the serious Opera of Zaire. Madame BERTINOTTI RADICATI made her first appearance as the heroine of the piece. She is, as we before observed, a very fine performer. Her singing is charaaterized chiefly by expression, but her voice is capable of much flexibility, and she is evidently possessed of great taste and knowledge of her art. In countenance and person she resembles Mrs. BILLINGTON, and some of her tones reminded us of that excellent singer. There was much dig nity in her manner, and it was blended with great feeling. The audience received her throughout with very warm applause. TRAMMEZANI'S tine voice was somewhat affected by a cold. The ballets were well supported by NORA, ANGIOLINI, and a very promising pupil of the latter. AMERICAN THEATRE.—Mr. COOKE'S first appear. ance at New York was highly flattering. The ave nues to the Theatre were crowded at an early hour ; and on the curtain drawing up he was greeted with loud huzzas. He was engaged for twelve nigli!s, and the prices of admission had been raised during the nights of his performance. Letters from Smyrna mention, that one of the Western caravans, in passing through the Desart of Syria, in September last, was o%ortaken near the Karteron mountains by a dreadful whirlwind, which putting in motion the sandy soil, rolled it along like the waves of the sea. The caravan con sisted of near eight hundred persons, comprising merchants, &c. who were, with their camels, spread along a line of nearly three miles in extent. To this fortunate circumstance the pre servation of the advanced guard is attributed, which obtained shelter on the southern side of the moun tainous chain of `Karteron, while the remainder of She caravan, 640 souls, were buried beneAtir the sandy mass. THE DUKE OF QUEENSBERRY. Yesterday m o rni ng after a severe indisposition, this distinguished charatter closed his mortal career. He had submitted with great fortitude to several painful operations, but his advanced age and debila tated frame baffled the efforts of his physioia - tis and surgeons. He was b'irn in the yerfr an‘l few persons have ever pissed through with a fuller enjoy . ment of t he pl7.asures and luxuries ivitiO) it aftords. He possessed ample means of gratification in ail abundant fortune, and he was wise etiongh to blend prudence and - pleasure in all his enjoyments. , Hj was addiaed to the amusements of the tuff, and retie several matches himself, but he chiefly distingutsh' 7. ed himself at Newmarket by running a machine, chiefly of his own contrivance on the course against tone, f..r a consideranle sum, which he •A on. I 1 was also very fond of tu , s . c, in 'which is taste and judgment were ackno•Nledgetl by the' tirst Proles , sors. I He was a mun:ticent Ntron of musielans, particularly those of the twat ordet, and the tirst place to which the chief singers from Italy resorted was to the Mansion of his Grace, where they were sure of a roliie and liber.d reception. gailantnes of the Doke have been long a Llt). , j e & of raillery, and thongh no never pretended to be a Joseph, it is probable that much more has been said on that subject than was founded in truth. He was a Very good-natured man in priv.ne and his purse was always ready at the call of mis fortune and uniriended tairMS. He was often a liberal subscriber to any measure calculated to sup port the national honour and reward the national, defenders. His Grace k‘ as never married, but a long court ship took place between him and Lid . ). HARRIET STANHOPI:, daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of HARRINGTON, but it broke off, with out, as far as we have heard, any assigned cause, and any interruption of harmony between the re• speaive families. _ He is said to have left upwards of two millions sterling, and it is said that be prided himself to al ways haring - twenty thousand pounds in cash in his own house. He had been a handsome well•proportioned man, of the middle size. It was generally reported, but without truth, that he wore a giass eye. He had • only a slight blemish in one of ins eyes, which was hardly perceptibl.:. The following is a list of his titles : James Douglas, Doke of Queensberry, Marquis of Queensberry and Dumfries, Eat' of Queens berry, March, Rutherglen, Drutnlantig, Sauquar, and Solway, Viscount Drumlaurig, Nith, Turthor ald, Ttbbers, and Ross, Baron Douglas, of Hawick, Nidpatb, Lym, Alanerhvad, Kelmount, Middlebyt 'fibbers, and Dornick ; and August 8, 1 7 8 0, " 5 created an English Peer, by the title of Baron Dou glass, and Knight - of the Thistle, born 1725. The Earldom of Queensberry descends to Sir Charles Douglas, of Kilhead, who miirtied one of the daughters of the Duke of Buccleugh, with es tates amounting to about 12,0001. a year. The Duke of Buccleugh succeeds to :he estates of Drumlantig, and, we suppose, to the title of • Earl of Drinnlatirig. Lord DOUGLAS succeeds to estates of less consia deration, a,i outing, however, to between 6 and 7,0001. a-year. It is supposed that the great bulk of the late Duke's personal estates, wid go to the Earl of. YARMOUTH, but his Grace used to say, that Ills will would surprize the Public. THE REGENCY.—In the- debate upon this subject the House Was strongly urged to follow a precedent : we mean that of the Address presented by tht Dele gates of the two Irish Houses on the 27th February, 1789. But it should be remembered that the Peers, who on the 16th voted against that Address, enter- . ed a ,Protest upo n th eir Journal~, mu c h too goo d to be unnoticed on the present occasion. And although in every sentiment of duty, affection, and respect to wards his Royal Highness, they held themselves • equal to any of those who joined in the Address, yet they were dissentient, they say, " because, with an anxious desire that the Regency of this Kingdom, during his Majesty's indisposition, should be con , ferred on his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in a manner the most expressive of respect and af fection to his Royal Highness, and convinced that his Royal Highness will think that mode of appoint ment most expressive of duty and of e . aion- which is CONSTITUTIONAL, we consider an Address of the two Houses of Parliament, purporting, of its own authority, to confer Royal power, at a time when they are fully competent to pass a Btu. for the pur pose of effectually providing for the exercise of the same, to be a most dangerous violation of the funda mental principles of the Constitution." In the absence of strangers on Friday night from the Gallery, atter the division, Mr. W. WyNNE► asked the . Chancellor of the Exchequer, in case of the Regency taking place, was it intended to allow his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES an i n t r , -;..0 of income i—The Chancellor of toe Exchequer said. it was intended ; —a s the household were to be kept. for the use of his Majesty, and as the Regency would be limited to one ye tr, it would not 'o• great expence to the convtry. Letters have been received from Amsterd(un, to the I Stir instant. They state that on the tith 410 bales of English merchandize had been burned, and that Goo bales more were to have been burned 00 t!,e I , flowing day, but that a counter-order arrived. bich put an end to this proceeding. All the Cos tom-house ( )dicer: had received orders la . proc.-i'd immediately in their domiciliary visits to the differ eta hou,es suspected of having any Bt lush produce, with directions to seize it. Some more failures of importance had taken place, and others were ex pected notnediat dy to tol!ow, as a matter of cour..e.: Articles of separation have, «e hror, been sigrr'J between au Ea' I of crone political consid2tation, aid his Cou::tess. The Lady, it is added, is tO recel 50001. a-year ; a soul, hirwey.7r, we understayd, considered h 1 her Lidyil4 as inade Irene to t' c lot - tone she gave Inns, or to the manner of life she propu,ts to herself; aid tepoi t adds, t - ship Sh,,r tryinten,Js to Ippral ti le oc•car,iort,